Dementia in the elderly
Neuropsychological aspects
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https://doi.org/10.34024/rnc.2010.v18.8482Keywords:
Neuropsychology, Dementia, Evaluation, AgedAbstract
In the elderly, the individual changes over time (physical, psychological, social and neuropsychological aspects) and according to his/her environment. In aged people the high incidence of depression and dementias can bring deficits in cognition, memory, language, executive functions, praxias and gnosias, intervening in their autonomy, and in their social and professional performance. Thus, it is important to carry out studies on this theme. Objective. A literature review of the neuropsychological aspects of the elderly and their neuropsychological evaluation, especially those which relate to dementias, was carried out. Method. Literature review. Research in the following bases of data Bireme, Scielo e Pubmed. And books and teses. Conclusion. A neuropsychological evaluation is recommended, mainly, in the identification of cognitive decline in the elderly, in the evaluation of the impairment of cerebral areas in the case of neurological alterations, in the differential diagnosis of psychological/psychiatric and neurological syndromes; and in guiding a rehabilitation intervention.
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